Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:36:11 +0100 From: "Walter Jansen" <walter.jansen@inter.nl.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: redundancy in domain or hostname ? Message-ID: <000401c8607c$9dad4a50$0a01a8c0@680nr0j>
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The router connected to my server reports DNS inquiries like "myserver.example.com.example.com" which obviously leads nowhere =20 The server is in a SOHO situation connected to a router which is = connected to DSL; the server runs 6.3 Release and will serve as mailserver for the = few in-house employees and as a webserver. The domain "example.com" is registered with Dyndns.org who also run the "Custom DNS service". The = DNS entries were checked with Dyndns.org staff and found in accordance with = the purpose. =20 During installation of the server, the hostname "myserver.example.com" = and the domain name "example.com" were entered in the appropiate Sysinstall dialog .=20 /etc/hosts shows: =20 ::1 localhost.example.com localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.example.com localhost 192.168.1.13 myserver.example.com myserver 192.168.1.13 myserver.example.com. =20 192.168.1.13 is allocated to the server by the DHCP of the router; this = IP address is fixed though!! =20 =20 Table /etc/resolv.com reads: =20 domain example.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 (my router's IP address =20 =20 I postponed installation of Postfix and Apache as I feel that host- and domainname should be configured correctly to prevent accumulating = trouble. =20 Remarks a most appreciated. =20 -- Walter --=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20
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